fiction

forthcoming

• story — Life Beyond Us anthology edited by Julie Nováková info pre-order

2023

• “Symbiosis” —
  • Clarkesworld read
  • Clarkesworld podcast, narrated by Kate Baker listen

2022

• “VR Enclave” — Night, Rain, and Neon cyberpunk anthology edited by Michael Cobley buy

2021

• “Xiaolongbao: Soup Dumplings” —
  • Clarkesworld read
  • Clarkesworld podcast, narrated by Kate Baker listen

• “Mamaborg’s Milk and the Brilliance of Gems” —
  • Clarkesworld read
  • Clarkesworld podcast, narrated by Kate Baker listen

• “Mixology for Humanity’s Sake” — Make Shift anthology edited Gideon Lichfield (MIT Press) buy

• “The Exuberant Vitality of Hatchling Habitats” — Multispecies Cities: Solarpunk Urban Futures anthology edited by Christoph Rupprecht, Deborah Cleland, Norie Tamura, Rajat Chaudhuri and Sarena Ulibarri (World Weaver Press) buy

• “Real Connection” — Martian Magazine read

2020

• “Last Wishes” —
  • Clarkesworld read
  • Clarkesworld podcast, narrated by Kate Baker listen

• “The Iridescent Lake” —
  • Clarkesworld read
  • Clarkesworld podcast, narrated by Kate Baker listen

• “Coffee Boom: Decoctions, Micronized” —
  • Clarkesworld read
  • Clarkesworld podcast, narrated by Kate Baker listen
  • Named to the 1000 Year Plan Best Short SFF of March 2020 list.

• Sakahlu Homeland — Shoreline of Infinity Issue 18 Spotlight on BAME science fiction buy

• “Caihong Juji” — ROBOT DINOSAURS! read

• Scrawls of Squid Ink — Community of Magic Pens anthology edited by E.D.E. Bell (Atthis Arts) buy

2019

• “Antarctica” —
  • Clarkesworld read
  • Clarkesworld podcast, narrated by Kate Baker listen

• “Onyx Woods and the Grains of Deception” —
  • Clarkesworld read
  • Clarkesworld podcast, narrated by Kate Baker listen
  • Selected as “Must-Read Speculative Short Fiction” for the month by Alex Brown at Tor.com

• “But, Still, I Smile” — novelette —
  • Clarkesworld read
  • Clarkesworld podcast, narrated by Kate Baker listen
  • Reprinted in Strangest of All, Anthology of Astrobiological Science Fiction (European Astrobiology Institute) edited by Julie Nováková read
  • Recommended by Karen Burnham in Locus Magazine

• “Nutrition Facts” —
  • Uncanny read
  • Uncanny podcast, narrated by Joy Piedmont listen

• “Seedless” — Little Blue Marble read

• “Migration” — “From the Seas to the Stars” flash fiction contest winner, Deep Signal anthology, edited by Eric Olive info

• “Kleinsche Fläche of Four-Dimensional Redolence” — Nowhereville: Weird Is Other People buy

• “Gulp Review for Jacklebeer Burgers & More at Intergalactic Highway Rest Stop #698309 in the Dragonfruit Nebula” — Galaxy’s Edge read

• “The Little Empire of Lakelore” — Diabolical Plots read

• “Fresh Dates” — Diabolical Plots read

• Fresh and Imminent Taste of Cucumbers — Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet buy

• “Swings and Suspension” — Gorgon: Stories of Emergence (Pantheon) buy

• “Donut Dimension” — Factor Four buy

• “Bristling Skim” — Upper Rubber Boots anthology, Sharp & Sugar Tooth, edited by Octavia Cade buy

• “Erasure” — podcast Toasted Cake listen

• “Dilation” —
  • Helios Quarterly Magazine read
  • Translated into Spanish by Toshiya Kamei as “Dilatación,” in Nagari Magazine, August 2019 read

• Compulsive Compiling — Helios Quarterly Magazine read

• “Self-Deconstructing Smart Luggage Held at Gate 46A” — Lost & Found buy

2018

• “Marshmallows” —
  • Clarkesworld read
  • Clarkesworld podcast, narrated by Kate Baker listen
  • Named to the Diabolical Plots’ Best of Clarkesworld 2018 list.

• “Waves of Influence” —
  • Clarkesworld read
  • Clarkesworld podcast, narrated by Kate Baker listen
  • Translated into Vietnamese by Trà My as “LÀN SÓNG ẢNH HƯỞNG,” in SFVN (Tạp chí khoa học viễn tưởng Việt Nam) fanzine, edited by Long Nguyen, November 2018 read

• “Vault” — novelette
  • Clarkesworld read
  • Clarkesworld podcast, narrated by Kate Baker listen
  • Listed in the Nebula Reading List
  • Recommended by Karen Burnham in Locus Magazine

• “Pendants of Precariousness” — Fireside buy / read

• “Before the Burst” — Fireside read

• “Ferromagnetism” —
  • Nature: Futures read
  • “The story behind the story” Future Conditional Blog post read

• “DNA exchange” —
  • Nature: Futures read
  • “The story behind the story” Future Conditional Blog post read
  • Translated into German, “Das Treueversprechen,” in Spektrum der Wissenschaft, September 2018 buy
  • Translated into Estonian by Talvike Mändla as “DNA vahetus,” in Algernon, December 2018 read

• “Five Tangibles and One” —
  • Terraform (Vice: Motherboard) read
  • Highlighted in The Book Smuggler’s “X Marks The Story”
  • Highlighted in Jason Sanford’s monthly “Stories worth reading”

• “Eyes that Linger” — Galaxy’s Edge buy

• “Sunbasker” —
  • Upper Rubber Boots anthology, Broad Knowledge: 35 Women Up To No Good, edited by Joanne Merriam buy
  • Named by Maria Haskins in the B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog

• “Pele’s Tears” — Issues in Earth Science read

• “The Astounding Life of Penny Wu” — Factor Four Magazine buy

• “Lips Turned Moonlight, Hair Turned Soft Regolith” — Truancy read

• “The Weeping Bolo” —
  • Mad Scientist Journal anthology, Battling in All Her Finery, edited by Dawn Vogel and Jeremy Zimmerman buy
  • Dawn Vogel interviews me for “The Weeping Bolo,” Part 1 read
  • Dawn Vogel interviews me for “The Weeping Bolo,” Part 2 read

• “Missed Connections of the Cosmic Aluminum-Alloyed Kind” — Outlook Springs (Oct. 2018) buy

• “Twelve/Twelve” — Kraxon Magazine read

• “20 mechanical catcalls hitting Meifeng square in the face on the streets of New York City in 2025” — Future Visions anthology, edited by Brian J. Walton buy

• “Okuritsuridashi” — Factor Four Magazine read

• “Path to Infinity” — Kasma SF read

• “Dilation” — drabble Helios Quarterly Magazine read

• “Celestial Crows’ Precipitation” — microstory read

• Permafrost Thaw — microstory reprint in Little Blue Marble read

2017

• “Prasetyo Plastics” —
  • Clarkesworld read
  • Clarkesworld podcast, narrated by Kate Baker listen
  • Named to the Tangent Online 2017 Recommended Reading List
  • Highlighted in a Bookriot article on science fiction stories online
  • Listed in the Nebula Reading List
  • Highlighted by Gardner Dozois in Locus Magazine
  • Honorable Mention in Gardner Dozois’ (last) Year’s Best Science Fiction anthology

• “Twisted Knots” —
  • Clarkesworld read
  • Clarkesworld podcast listen
  • Event Horizon reprint read
  • Named to the Tangent Online 2017 Recommended Reading List
  • Highlighted by Gardner Dozois in Locus Magazine
  • Reprinted in Unfit Magazine, Vol. 5, Spring 2020

• “Einstein Ring” — flash fiction buy

• “Bubblegum Botress” — Grievous Angel read

• “Suvu and Swashbuckling Love” —
  • Andromeda Spaceways, Issue #69, Dec. 2017, edited by Tom Dullemond buy
  • Selected for Andromeda Spaceways, 2017’s Best Stories
  • StarShipSofa (podcast)
  • Translated into Estonian by Talvike Mändla as “Tõlkejutt: Suvu ehk uljaspäine armastus,” in Reaktor, edited by Triin Loide, November 2018 read

• “Vishwajeet: Conquerer of the Universe” — Broken Eye Books anthology, Ride the Star Wind, edited by Scott Gable buy

• “A Wispy Chastening” — Reckoning #2 buy / read
  • Michael J. DeLuca interviews me for “A Wispy Chastening” read
  • Highlighted in Maria Haskin’s Monthly Roundup

• “Hanging with the Cockroach Lord” (Interactive Fiction) — Gathering Storm Magazine buy

Story Seed Vault stories
(Twitter-sized sci-fi microfiction inspired by real science)

• “Climate Change” — Story Seed Vault #138, July 27, 2018, read

• “Litter Hopscotch” — Story Seed Vault #130, June 12, 2018, read

• “Homebodies” — Story Seed Vault #126, May 17, 2018, read

• “Permafrost Thaw” — Story Seed Vault #122, April 30, 2018, read

• “Corvus Constellation” — Story Seed Vault #114, March 19, 2018, read

• “Food Craving Zap” — Story Seed Vault #109, February 14, 2018, read

• “Yamamoto” — Story Seed Vault #108, February 12, 2018, read

• “the singing parrot” — Story Seed Vault #99, January 19, 2018, read

• “Rudolph” — Story Seed Vault #90, December 23, 2017, read

• “Baby Shower” — Story Seed Vault #84, December 5, 2017, read

• “Dematerialize” — Story Seed Vault #80, November 23, 2017, read

• “The Icy Northwest Passage” — Story Seed Vault #71, October 27, 2017, read

• “Tardigrade” — Story Seed Vault #66, October 12, 2017, read

• “Towerrunning” — Story Seed Vault #47, August 19, 2017 read

• “Mammoth’s Mummified Brain” — Story Seed Vault #39, July 26, 2017 read

flash/nano-fiction challenge stories

• “Startling Readings of the EKG” — Chronicles, March 2019, 75 words read

• “apocalypSTICKS” — Chronicles, February 2019, 75 words read

• “Glacial Embrace” — Chronicles, January 2019, 74 words read

• “Reindeer need gifts, too” — Chronicles, December 2018, 75 words read

• “Hanging between trinity and death” — Chronicles, November 2018, 84 words read

• “The Corporeal Voice” — Chronicles, October 2018, 74 words read

• “Operation: Hoop Codes” — Chronicles, September 2018, 74 words read

• “The Book of Shells” — Chronicles, August 2018, 74 words read

• “String Theory: Yanking the Chords” — Chronicles, July 2018, 75 words read

• “Tough (P)luck” — Chronicles, June 2018, 75 words read

• “The Invisible Hand” — Chronicles, May 2018, 75 words read

• “Manure Magnet” — Chronicles, April 2018, 75 words read

• “The Conversion of Mech-organic Worms” — Chronicles, March 2018, 75 words read

• “Radiant Nudge” — Chronicles, February 2018, 75 words read

• “From Sand to Glass and Glass to Sand” — Chronicles, January 2018, 75 words read

• “The Present Is the Present” — Chronicles, December 2017, 75 words read

• “Gunslinging Gallants in the Wild Underwater West” — Chronicles, November 2017, 75 words read

• “The Primordial Push” — Chronicles, October 2017, 75 words read

• “Thin-skinned” — Chronicles, October 2017, 300 words read

• “Tightfisted Networks and Cheap Facades” — Chronicles, September 2017, 75 words read

• “A Carnivore’s Scramble” — Chronicles, August 2017, 75 words read

• “Toy “Story Time” in Toy Land” — Chronicles, July 2017, 75 words read

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